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638 BC—Birth of Solon, lawmaker of Athens (approximate date) [2] 637 BC—Death of Ardys, Lydia [1] 637 BC—Death of Duke Xiang of Song, China; 635 BC—Birth of Thales, Greek philosopher (d. 543 BC) (approximate date) 635 BC—Death of Sadyattes, Lydia [1] 634 BC—Birth of Jehoiakim, 18th king of Judah (approximate date)
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
Since the chart combines secular history with biblical genealogy, it worked back from the time of Christ to peg their start at 4,004 B.C. Above the image of Adam and Eve are the words, "In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth" (Genesis 1:1) — beside which the author acknowledges that — "Moses assigns no date to this Creation.
See history, history by period, and periodization for different organizations of historical events. For earlier time periods, see Timeline of the Big Bang , Geologic time scale , Timeline of evolution , and Logarithmic timeline.
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
Complex calculations of the 19-year lunar and 28-year solar cycles within this world era allowed scholars to attribute cosmic significance to certain historical dates, such as the birth or the crucifixion of Jesus. [6] This date underwent minor revisions before being finalized in the mid-7th century, although its precursors were developed c. AD ...
The 7th century BC began the first day of 700 BC and ended the last day of 601 BC. Map of the Neo-Assyrian Empire at their apex in 671 BC The Neo-Assyrian Empire continued to dominate the Near East during this century, exercising formidable power over neighbors like Babylon and Egypt .
The Islamic calendar is introduced by Abu Musa al-Asha'ari. He convinces Umar I to make notes of an era for Muslims. He convinces Umar I to make notes of an era for Muslims. March 22 – Year 0 of the Burmese calendar , based on the Chula Sakarat , is also used in the mainland of Southeast Asia .